Keith David
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media.
He has starred in such films as The Thing (1982), Platoon (1986), They Live (1988), Dead Presidents(1995), Armageddon (1998), There's Something About Mary (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Pitch Black (2000), Barbershop (2002), Crash (2004), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Nice Guys (2016), Nope (2022), and American Fiction (2023). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community (2015) and as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf (2016–2020).
His Emmy-winning voice acting career includes narrating Ken Burns films such as The War (2007) and Muhammad Ali (2021). In film, he has voiced Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009) and the Cat in Coraline (2009). On television, he portrayed Goliath in Gargoyles (1994–1997), Al Simmons / Spawn in Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999), The Flame King in Adventure Time (2012–2017), President Andre Curtis in Rick and Morty (2015–) and its upcoming spin-off President Curtis, King Andrias in Amphibia (2020–2022), Dr. Tenma in Pluto (2023), and Husk in Hazbin Hotel (2024–). Video game roles include the Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee in the Halo franchise (2004–2015), Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series (2006–2017), Captain Anderson in the Mass Effect series (2007–2013), Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008), Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape (2024), which he assumed after the death of Lance Reddick in March 2023. He was part of the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas live concert in October 2025, where he voiced Oogie Boogie, taking over the role from his longtime original voice actor, Ken Page, following his death in September 2024.
In July 2025, David was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026.
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Films (253)
Captain Zero: The Movie
2028 · The Depression Demon (voice)
Spider-Man : Brand New Day
2026 · Narrator of Spider Video (voice)
The Thing Expanded
2026 · Self
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026 · Sosa
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025 · Self - Interviewee
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Frederick Douglass (voice)
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
2025 · (voice) (uncredited)
Enquête paranormale à Shelby Oaks
2025 · Morton Jacobson
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
2025 · Husk (voice)
Finding Faith
2025 · Henry
Omniscient
2025 · Alistair
Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II
2025 · The Depression Demon (voice), Thanks
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
2025 · The Simulator
Sneaks: Un Par Con Suerte
2025 · O.G. (voice)
Portal to Hell
2025 · Mr. Bobshank
Mufasa : Le Roi Lion
2024 · Masego (voice)
Mr. Nelson on the North Side
2024 · Self
Betty & Blue
2024 · Willie 'Blue' Watson
The Prank
2024 · Principal Henderson
Fiction à l'américaine
2023 · Willy the Wonker
Atraco 88
2023 · Buddha Ray
SOMBRAS DEL MIEDO
2023 · Dr. Leonard Bertram
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023 · Mr. Monroe
Parallel Worlds: A Psychedelic Love Story
2023 · Jerry
Shut Up and Ride
2022 · Narrator (voice)
A Miracle Before Christmas
2022 · David
Entergalactic
2022 · Mr. Rager (voice)
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022 · Ink Williams
Krypto et les Super-Animaux
2022 · Dog-El (voice)
Ben non
2022 · Otis Haywood Sr.
Mauvaise connexion
2022 · Gil
Le printemps merveilleux de Mickey
2022 · Narrator (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
Gatúbela: Acechada
2022 · Tobias Whale / Morax (voice)
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
2022 · Narrator
Un quartier totalement wouf !
2021 · The Wise Bartender
En la oscuridad de la noche
2021 · Babineaux
Cruzando la línea
2021 · Terry
Possédés : L'exorcisme
2021 · Father Louis
Presagios
2021 · Captain Duke
Horizonte Mortal
2020 · Freddy Wyman
Most Guys Are Losers
2020 · Al
Good
2020 · Gregory Devereaux
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Self
Wild Daze
2020 · Narrator
The 420 Movie
2020 · Chief Ironweed
Cuba's Cancer Hope
2020 · Narrator (voice)
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
2020 · Self
Manhattan Lockdown
2019 · Deputy Chief Spencer
L'année des Mariages
2019 · Preston
Tu pourrais être le tueur
2019 · Sheriff James
In Search of Darkness
2019 · Self
Horror Noire : A History of Black Horror
2019 · Self
Love Jacked
2018 · Ed
Fuck you all : the Uwe Boll story
2018 · Self
Brothers in Arms, le making of de « Platoon »
2018 · Self
Back to School
2018 · Gerald
American dresser
2018 · Charlie
Sharon 1.2.3.
2018 · Tyrone
Historias del barrio negro 2
2018 · Portifoy Simms
Ray Meets Helen
2018 · Harve
The '91 Falcons
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing
2017 · Self
Chien sauvage (Savage Dog)
2017 · Valentine
Not a War Story
2017
V-Force: New Dawn of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
2017 · Kevin Bishop
Service to Man
2016 · Dean Holmes
The Men of Outpost 31
2016 · Self
School of Rickey
2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Range 15
2016 · Colonel Holloway
Les bons gars
2016 · Older Guy
Blue: The American Dream
2016 · Terry Venable
Nina
2016 · Clifton's Father
The North Star
2016 · Frederick Douglass
Dirty Lies
2016 · Doc
The Last Punch
2016 · Don King
Dutch Book
2015 · Joe Johnson
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015 · Detective Harris
Boiling Pot
2015 · Agent Long
Kids vs Monsters
2015 · Barry
Union Furnace
2015 · Pin Stripe
Secrets of the Magic City
2015 · Mr. Daniels
Field of Lost Shoes
2015 · Old Judge
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
2014
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
2014 · Narrator, Producer
H4
2014 · Worcester
Frog Kingdom
2013 · Frog King (voice)
Drôles de dindes
2013 · Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
Sons of Liberty
2013 · Nathan Reynolds
Assaut sur Wall Street
2013 · Freddy
Black Asylum
2013 · Agent Davis
Don't Pass Me By
2013 · David Knox
Christmas in Compton
2012 · Big Earl
Cartographie des nuages
2012 · Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Double or Nothing
2012 · Homeless Dude
Smiley
2012 · Diamond
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
2012 · Charles Buchanan (voice)
Highway
2012 · Mustafa
The Last Fall
2012 · Sydney Bishop
The Undershepherd
2012 · Brother Wilks
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
2012 · Sergeant Brass
Whitney Brown Amis pour la vie
2011 · Clerk
Hopelessly in June
2011 · Dalbert Myers
The Inheritance
2011 · Uncle Melvin, Executive Producer
Samuel Bleak
2011 · Ned Coffman
No Saints for Sinners
2011 · Victor
Steppin' 2
2010 · Terry
Masacre en cadena
2010 · Det. Jim Crenshaw
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010 · Narrator
El billete ganador
2010 · Sweet Tee
New York Street Games
2010 · Self
Chasing 3000
2010 · Officer L.
Something Like A Business
2010 · Sebastian
Meet Monica Velour
2010 · Claude
Spork
2010 · Coach Jenkins
Panique aux funérailles
2010 · Reverend Davis
Africa's Lost Eden
2010 · Narrator (voice)
La Princesse et la Grenouille
2009 · Dr. Facilier (voice)
Beautiful Loser
2009 · Morgan - Adult
Ultimate Game
2009 · Agent Keith
All About Steve
2009 · Corbitt
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
2009 · The Cat (voice) (archive footage)
The Butcher
2009 · Larry Cobb
Pastor Brown
2009 · Pastor Brown
Don McKay
2009 · Otis Kent
Blue
2009 · Terry Venable
Charlie Valentine
2009 · Sal
Mission sanglante
2009 · Lt. Waters
Coraline
2009 · The Cat (voice)
En territoire ennemi 3 : Mission Colombie
2009 · Commander Scott Boytano
S.I.S. Special Investigation Section
2008 · Joseph Armstrong
Le 5ème Commandement
2008 · Max 'Coolbreeze' Templeton
No Bad Days
2008 · Terrence
The Sensei
2008 · Minister
Mon espion préféré
2008 · FBI Chief Conrad
Super-Héros Movie
2008 · The Chief of Police
La Ligue des justiciers : Nouvelle frontière
2008 · The Centre (voice)
Le gospel du bagne
2008 · Judge B. Bennet Galloway
The Candlelight Murders
2008 · Pastor Bob
The Last Sentinel
2007 · Colonel Norton
Delta farce: Una loca película de guerra
2007 · Sgt. Kilgore
The Color Purple: The Color of Success
2007 · Self - Narrator (voice)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007 · Dad
En territoire ennemi 2
2006 · MCPO Scott Boytano
Forbidden Fruits
2006 · Rev. Walters
ATL
2006 · John Garnett
The Oh in Ohio
2006 · Coach Popovitch
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006 · Self
Dirty
2005 · Captain Spain
Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
2005 · Self - Narrator
Cool Attitude - Le Film
2005 · Bebe Clone (voice)
Le Transporteur 2
2005 · Stappleton
M. et Mme Smith
2005 · Father
Collision
2005 · Lt. Dixon
Last Stand of the Great Bear
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Beef II
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Les Chroniques de Riddick : Dark fury
2004 · Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (voice)
Les Chroniques de Riddick
2004 · Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004 · Narrator (voice), Producer
Cody Banks agent secret 2 - Destination Londres
2004 · CIA Director
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Homicide à Hollywood
2003 · Leon
Président par accident
2003 · Bernard Cooper
Cody Banks : agent secret
2003 · CIA Director
National Geographic : Au cœur de la Mecque
2003 · Narrator (voice)
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Bienvenue à 29 Palms
2002 · The Sheriff
Stalking Leopards
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002 · Frank (They Live) (archive footage)
La barbería
2002 · Lester Wallace
Mark Twain
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Pretty When You Cry
2001 · Detective Charles Desett
Novocaine
2001 · Detective Lunt
Egypt's Golden Empire
2001 · Narrator
Home Invaders
2001 · Matador
Final Fantasy : Les créatures de l'esprit
2001 · Council Member (voice)
Semper Fi
2001 · Gunnery Sgt. Brinkloff
Boxing: In and Out of the Ring
2001 · Narrator (voice)
Retour à Brooklyn
2000 · Big Tim
Les Remplaçants
2000 · Lindell
Où le cœur nous mène
2000 · Moses Whitecotten
Alerte noire
2000 · Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
National Geographic: The Photographers
2000 · Narrator
Innocents
2000 · Detective Davis
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999 · Narrator
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999 · King Oliver
ATF
1999 · FBI Director Richard Long
The Grizzlies of Siberia
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
1998 · Spawn
Mary à tout prix
1998 · Charlie Jensen
Armageddon
1998 · General Kimsey
The Tiger Woods Story
1998 · Earl Woods
Never Met Picasso
1997 · Larry
Don King : Only in America
1997 · Herbert Muhammad
Arabesque : La Peur aux trousses
1997 · Algric Bartles
Loose Women
1997 · Stylist #1
Pleins feux sur le Président
1997 · Lamar
Hercule
1997 · Apollo the Sun God (voice)
Volcan
1997 · Lt. Ed Fox
Flipping
1997 · Leo Richards, Gang Leader
Vanishing Point
1997 · Warren Taft
Johns
1996 · Homeless John
Un éléphant sur les bras
1996 · Hurst
The Grave
1996 · The Priest
Au-Delà des Lois
1996 · Martin
Génération sacrifiée
1995 · Kirby
Clockers
1995 · André the Giant
Brooklyn Boogie
1995 · Jackie Robinson
Beauty and the Beasts: A Leopard's Story
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Gargoyles, le film
1995 · Goliath (voice)
Mort ou Vif
1995 · Sergeant Cantrell
Les Maîtres du monde
1994 · Alex Holland
Notes in a Minor Key
1994 · Kansas
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
1994 · Narrator (voice)
Génération 90
1994 · Roger
Hallelujah
1993 · Big Willie
There Are No Children Here
1993 · John Paul Rivers
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 · Self - Host
The Last Outlaw
1993 · Lovecraft
National Geographic : Trois lions dans la nuit
1993 · Narrator (voice)
Nails
1992 · Noah Owens
Article 99
1992 · Luther Jermoe
Sang chaud pour meurtre de sang froid
1992 · Detective Huggins
Hallelujah Anyhow
1991 · Will
Désigné pour mourir
1990 · Max
Men at work
1990 · Louis Fedders
Murder in Black and White
1990 · Martin
Always
1989 · Powerhouse
Road House
1989 · Ernie Bass
Christmas in Tattertown
1988 · Saxophone (voice)
Ladykillers
1988 · Abe
They Live
1988 · Frank Armitage
Bird
1988 · Buster Franklin
Stars & Bars
1988 · Eugene Teagarden
Off Limits
1988 · Maurice
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988 · Embassy Gate Captain
The Making of 'They Live'
1988 · Self
Hot Pursuit
1987 · Alphonso
Platoon
1986 · King
The Whoopee Boys
1986 · Washington Square Peddler
The Thing
1982 · Childs
The Pirates of Penzance
1980 · Pirates and Police
Coriolanus
1979 · Aedile / Roman Citizen / Volscian Citizen
ATL 2: The Homecoming
· John Garnett
The Price for Freedom
· Reverend J.W. Bruno
Dreams of the Moon
My New Friend Jim
· Jim Dandy
The Nutcase
Bob's Best Friends
· Cuddles (voice)
Trailer Madness
· Narrator #6
Séries (133)
Crime and Punishment in America
2026 · Self - Narrator
El Presidente Curtis
2026 · President Andre Curtis (voice)
El Halcón
2026 · Old Henry
La loi du Strip
2026 · Steve Nichols (voice)
La guerre d’indépendance américaine : toute l’histoire
2025 · (voice)
I Love LA
2025 · Leon Marcus
La Telaraña de Charlotte
2025 · Old Sheep (voice)
The Lowdown
2025 · Marty
L'hôtel hanté
2025 · Additional Voices (voice)
Duster
2025 · Ezra Saxton
Devil May Cry
2025 · Lucan (voice)
Oh My God... Yes! Une série de situations particulièrement parlantes
2025 · Toy COD Leader (voice)
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
2024 · Narrator
Léonard de Vinci
2024 · Narrator (voice)
Luchadora Invencible
2024 · Narrator (voice), Scouter (voice)
High Potential
2024 · Captain Pacheco
Hombre Cometa: ¡Oh, sí!
2024 · Darkseid (voice)
Les Maîtres de l'univers : Révolution
2024 · Hordak (voice)
Hôtel Hazbin
2024 · Husk (voice)
Krapopolis
2023 · Asskill (voice)
Justified: Ciudad salvaje
2023 · Judge Alvin Guy
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
2023 · Self - Actor
True lies : Pour le meilleur et pour le pire
2023 · Albert 'Al' Gibson
Papa est un chasseur d'aliens
2023 · B'Caala (voice)
Le Goût de vivre
2022 · Hershel Wheeler
Firebuds : Premiers Secours
2022 · Manny Kablamee
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022 · Self
Chibiverse
2022 · King Andrias (voice), Goliath (voice)
Colegio Abbott
2021 · Frank
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
2021 · The Devil
Mohamed Ali
2021 · Narrator (voice)
Leverage: Redención
2021 · Billy Spencer
L'oiseau du Bon Dieu
2020 · Herbert
Woke
2020 · Bible (voice)
De proches en proches
2020 · World’s Greatest Teacher Mug (voice)
Central Park
2020 · Ward Wittlinger (voice)
Destin amoureux
2020 · Narrator (voice)
Stargirl
2020 · Mister Bones (voice)
Dead Talk Live
2020 · Self - Guest
Creepshow
2019 · Murdoch
Les Mômes de l’Apocalypse
2019 · Thrull (voice)
Amphibia
2019 · King Andrias (voice)
Champaign Ill
2018 · Lafonso
Liverspots and Astronots
2018 · Dr. Pesh
La Colo Magique
2018 · Lithophone (voice), Tummy (voice)
Craig de la crique
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Stretch Armstrong et les Flex Fighters
2017 · Malcom Kane (voice)
Future Man
2017 · Dr. Elias Kronish
La Bande à Picsou
2017 · Manny (voice)
Raiponce : La série
2017 · Additional Voices (voice)
MacGyver
2016 · Burke / Man
Sin Palabras
2016 · Colonel
Kulipari : l'armée des grenouilles
2016 · Lord Marmoo (voice)
Greenleaf
2016 · Bishop James Greenleaf
Jackie Robinson
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Ours pour un et un pour t'ours
2015 · Mr. Charles (voice)
Mr. Robot
2015 · Qwerty (voice) (uncredited)
Big Time In Hollywood
2015 · Agent Everett Malloy
Bienvenue chez les Huang
2015 · Clyde Roses
Star Butterfly
2015 · Glossaryck (voice)
Flash
2014 · Solovar (voice)
'black•ish
2014 · Loose Craig
NCIS : Nouvelle-Orléans
2014 · Gene Holloway
Scorpion
2014 · Warden
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
2014 · Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Lion Musician (voice)
Extant
2014 · Nicholas Calderon
Enlisted
2014 · Sgt. Major Donald Cody
Rick et Morty
2013 · President Curtis / Turkey President Curtis (voice), Reverse Giraffe (voice), President/Governor Andre Curtis (voice)
Érase una vez en el País de las Maravillas
2013 · The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Oncle Grandpa
2013 · Santa Claus (voice)
Teen Titans Go!
2013 · Narrator (voice)
La Bible
2013 · Narrator
Belle's
2013 · William 'Big Bill' Cooper
Les Tortues Ninja
2012 · Sal Commander (voice)
Touch
2012 · Dutch
Personne d'intérêt
2011 · Terence Beale
The Cape
2011 · Max Malini
La Ligue des justiciers : Nouvelle génération
2010 · Mongul (voice)
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Hawaii 5-0
2010 · Jimmy Cannon
Adventure Time avec Finn et Jake
2010 · Balthus (voice), Flame King (voice)
Community
2009 · Elroy Patashnik, Narrator (voice)
Archer
2009 · Lemuel Kane (voice)
La Loi de Canterbury
2008
The War
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Psych : Enquêteur malgré lui
2006 · Mr. Guster
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
2005 · Narrator
Dre Grey, leçons d'anatomie
2005 · Lloyd Mackie
American Dad
2005 · Fire Captain (voice)
Numb3rs
2005 · Jeremiah Miller
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005 · Jack Johnson (voice)
The Big House
2004
Los jóvenes titanes
2003 · Atlas (voice)
Spider-Man : Les Nouvelles Aventures
2003 · Agent Mosely (voice)
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003 · Narrator
Everwood
2002 · Brian
Mark Twain
2002 · Narrator (voice)
La Ligue des justiciers
2001 · Despero (voice)
Egypte, l'empire de l'or
2001 · Narrator (voice)
La Légende de Tarzan
2001 · Tublat (voice)
Mi Loco Deber
2001
Disney tous en boîte
2001 · Card Soldier (voice)
Jazz
2001 · Narrator (voice)
Les Experts
2000 · Matt Phelps
Silent Service
2000 · Self - Host
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
1999 · Frederick Douglass (voice)
Bob l'éponge
1999 · Chatterbox Translation Collar (voice)
Les Griffin
1999 · Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice), Commander Bensinger (voice)
Hercule
1998 · Apollo (voice)
Spawn
1997 · Al Simmons / Spawn (voice)
Les Rois du Texas
1997 · Brian Robertson (voice)
7 à la maison
1996 · Stanley
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self
Arli$$
1996 · Cecil Pickett
Au-delà du réel : L'aventure continue
1995 · Captain Ira Merit
Gargoyles, les anges de la nuit
1994 · Goliath (voice)
Les Quatre Fantastiques
1994 · Black Panther/T'challa (voice)
Urgences
1994 · Pastor Watkins
New York Undercover
1994
Aladdín: La serie animada
1994 · Minos (voice), King Zahbar (voice)
Les Aventures du jeune Indiana Jones
1992 · King Oliver
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Bronx D.A. John Robertson
American Experience
1988 · W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
The Oldest Rookie
1987
The Equalizer
1985 · Cristo
Screen Two
1985 · Will
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Narrator (voice)
Nature
1982 · Narrator
American Playhouse
1982 · 'Big' Willie Thorton
NOVA
1974 · Narrator
The Oscars
1953 · The Cat (voice)
Sunset P.I.
· Garner Taggert